A court in Moscow arrested ex-State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev in absentia in the case of “fakes” about the Russian army
The Koptevsky District Court of Moscow arrested former State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev in absentia on charges of spreading “fake news” about the Russian army, RIA Novosti. Code Earlier, Mediazona reported on the case on the court’s website: it states that Ponomarev is charged with distributing “fakes” about the Russian army based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred (clause “e”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal ).